Deals
Xenon acquires Metricfire
San Francisco-based Xenon Partners has acquired Dublin-based data monitoring company Metricfire
MMC Ventures leads $19m funding round for Lookiero
All Iron Ventures, Bonsai Partners, 10x Venture Partners and Santander Smart also take part in the round
Ambienta exits Safim to trade
Deal ends a two-year holding period for Ambienta, which acquired Safim via its second fund
CataCap to acquire AerFin
CataCap has acquired aerospace services company AerFin alongside management and Schroder Adveq
Apollo- and BPI France-backed Verallia sets IPO price range
BWSA, a Brazilian investment company, commits to place an order to the tune of €275m
Edge, Par Equity et al. exit DeltaDNA
Edge Performance VCT sells its stake in DeltaDNA to trade buyer Unity Technologies
Tera Ventures et al. in $1.4m seed round for Snackable
Existing and new investors back the Estonian-American startup in its second investment round
Investors exit Trainline in £285m placing
KKR, Index Ventures, Ares and Alven Capital have each sold 50% of their shares in the company
Raise Investissement invests €200m in Epsa
Transaction sees the management team retain a majority stake in consultancy Epsa
Riverside buys Bike24 back from Bridgepoint's WiggleCRC
Riverside sold the company to Bridgepoint-backed WiggleCRC in October 2017 for around £100m
Blumberg et al. in $60m series-B for Wunder Mobility
Blumberg first invested in the transport services software company in 2018
Lovell Minnick, Pantheon to acquire Charles Taylor in £261m deal
US-based Lovell Minnick has made an offer for listed insurance services business Charles Taylor
Cipio Partners, Hi Inov et al. invest €16.5m in Agorapulse
Social media management platform Agorapulse achieved a year-on-year growth of around 65%
Mentha-backed Aethon buys Samen Professionals
Dutch-based Aethon bolts on Samen Professionals to strengthen its service offering
Idia, Carvest et al. back Groupe Mauffrey in SBO
Previous backer Siparex divests the business while the Mauffrey family retains a majority
DeA's Taste of Italy exits beverage producer Lurisia
Coca‑Cola HBC buys the entire share capital of Lurisia for an enterprise value of €88m
Sherpa backs Omega Spice
GP is currently investing via its third fund, which closed on €150m in 2018, against a €125m target
K1 invests $25m in AppLearn
Fresh capital will be used for product development, and to invest in sales and marketing
Palatine-backed Vernacare refinances
Palatine-backed medical equipment manufacturer Vernacare refinances its debt facilities
EMH backs Liganova
Transaction value was not disclosed but EMH makes investments between €50-150m per company
Younan Company buys Chateau La Garelle
Chateau La Garelle is the second vineyard acquisition in the Bordeaux region for the US-based GP
VCs in €40m series-D for Themis
US-based Farallon Capital, with Oslo- and Stockholm-based Hadean Ventures, led the round for Themis
Investors back $240m series-C for CMR Surgical
Existing investors in the round included LGT Capital Partners and Escala Capital Investments
InnovaHealth backs Koelis
GP provides growth equity to French developer of medical imaging products Koelis